Thursday, February 25, 2021
ERCOT's Board Gave Heavily to House Members
As the Texas House investigates the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Lobby Watch finds that powerful energy interests seated on ERCOT’s board gave heavily to House members. Is a House that receives $700,000 in ERCOT-related mortgage payments more forgiving of catastrophic blackouts?
Labels:
Anti-corruption,
Deregulation,
ERCOT,
Lobby Watch
Monday, February 22, 2021
The Old Green Deal: Oil & Gas Industry Abbott's Top Political Donor
Following
Gov. Abbott's attempts to blame recent catastrophic power failures on
renewable energy, TPJ finds that the oil and gas industry is Abbott's
No. 1 contributor. It supplied 19 percent of the $87.3 million that
Abbott raised since January
2017. Electric utility interests contributed more than $1 million more,
with contributors who specialize in renewable power supplying just a
trickle of that money.
Labels:
Campaign Finance,
Deregulation,
Greg Abbott,
Lobby Watch,
Oil&Gas
Thursday, January 7, 2021
TPJ & Sierra Club Investigate Oil and Gas Industry Clout
TPJ is engaged in a joint research project with the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter to explore oil & gas industry influence in Texas. The organizations will publish a series of major reports to document and expose the political clout of Texas oil and gas interests on our elected legislators, regulators and statewide officials. The reports will be published in the Spring.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Who Does John Cornyn Work For?

deep dive into Senator John Cornyn.
Read Miller's article at the Texas Observer.
Labels:
John Cornyn,
Texans for Lawsuit Reform
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Paxton Criminal Trial Lingers (again).
From the TexasTribune:
Texas AG Ken Paxton's criminal case likely to face further delays as attorneys revive fights over venue, prosecutor pay
Read the article by the Tribune's Emma Platoff.
Labels:
Ken Paxton
Friday, June 28, 2019
Revolving door spins at Abbott's office

Read Asher's article at the Statesman.
Labels:
Greg Abbott,
Revolving Door
Monday, March 25, 2019
Influence Texas app updated
for 86th Legislative Session
Free wep app tracks money and bills...
Influence Texas OS Version 2 is now available. The open source app uses TPJ data to track who gave how much to Texas lawmakers. The app also allows users to track the bills those lawmakers are sponsoring.Users can now track top contributors from the most recent election cycle and share the info on social media. Influence Texas OS provides easy access to bills that each lawmaker has sponsored , allowing users to independently assess financial influence in the legislative process.
Access the app and learn more at Influence Texas.
Labels:
Campaign Finance,
Influence Texas,
Texas Legislature
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
TPJ Complaint Leads to
$35,000 Fine for Ted Cruz

Read the story at the New York Times.
TPJ filed its complaint with the FEC in January 2016.
Labels:
Ted Cruz
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Texas 'tort dodgers' group supporting bill
to muffle the speech of business critics.

Austin American-Statesman, by Sean Walsh.
The mission of Texans for Lawsuit Reform, a powerful tort reform group that donates millions of dollars to Republicans, is to make the state more business-friendly by promoting legislation that cracks down on frivolous lawsuits.
Read the article at the Statesman.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Governor Abbott Never Stops Fundraising

Read the complete story at the AP.
Labels:
Campaign Finance,
Greg Abbott
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